Whatever genre you’re writing, remember that the fewer characters a reader has to remember, the better their reading experience will be. Make sure that every character or living person you include plays an integral, and not just a sentimental, role.
An action beat is a sentence that follows a line of dialogue, and it’s exactly what it sounds like. The speaking character does something before or after their line of dialogue.
Writers can use filter words to manipulate point of view.
Filter words “tell” readers what a character is experiencing, often via their senses.
There’s nothing like finding the perfect song lyrics to capture a moment between characters, or to illustrate the concept you’re trying to express. But think twice before you include the song lyrics in your manuscript.
Why do we confuse words and conflate their meanings?
Our words impact our readers, so it’s important that we choose them with care.
Let’s dig into some worn-out, tired, exhausted words, words that have become bereft of their actual meanings based on usage.
Point of view is a bugaboo for many writers. Editors too.
Not acknowledging the passage of time can leave readers confused about “when” they are in the story.
Readers need to know where characters are located in a scene as well as what the characters are doing.